
Qualifications
BSc , PhDEducation
- 2009
PhD (Engineering Geology), University of Newcastle
- 1998
BSc Geology (1st Honours), University of Western Australia
Awards
- 2009
NSW AGS Research Award
Employment
- 2012
Research Associate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering, 2yrs
- 2007
Senior Engineering Geologist, Pells Sullivan Meynink, 5yrs
- 2005
Lecturer Engineering Geology, University of Newcastle, 1 yr
- 1999
Research Assitant, Tesctonics Special Research Centre, University of Western Australia, 1yr
Research Interests
- The role of biogeochemistry in the geotechnical behaviour of marine clays
- Improving the prediction of the distribution of engineering materials in coastal depositional environments
- Understanding and promoting the role of geology within Geotechnical Engineering investigations
- Deformation and failure mechanisms in open cut mining operations
- Subsidence and Deformation in single and multi-seam longwall mining operations
- Brittle failure mechanisms in Rock and sensitive clays